1994-07-31 - Re: penet hack

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From: Graham Toal <gtoal@an-teallach.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: f17360b3a7e47825ad8812844b9623fbf4407bc0d7621542e2a7864bfd2e837a
Message ID: <199407311816.TAA22796@an-teallach.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-31 18:58:18 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 31 Jul 94 11:58:18 PDT

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From: Graham Toal <gtoal@an-teallach.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 94 11:58:18 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: penet hack
Message-ID: <199407311816.TAA22796@an-teallach.com>
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	The people with the most exposure are those who use anon.penet.fi but
	who do not use the X-Anon-Password feature.  If you use a password and

This is what I don't understand about all this.  I thought when Julf
re-opened the service after Spaf had it closed down that time, that he
made the password stuff mandatory, and you couldn't use your account
until you installed a password?  (If passwords *aren't* mandatory, they
damn well ought to be made so immediately.  This form of attack has
been known about for well over a year now.)

G





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